Friday, June 7, 2013

FIFA Ranking: July 2013 preview

Next update: most likely 21 June 2013.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 4 July.

123 matches will be played this month, most of them FIFA World Cup qualifiers. There's also the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

52 - Cuba
31 - New Zealand
17 - Burundi
13 - Lebanon
8 - United Arab Emirates
7 - US Virgin Islands
6 - New Caledonia
5 - Palestine
5 - Bangladesh
5 - Guam

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-143 - Germany
-101 - England
-56 - Ghana
-50 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
-49 - Vietnam
-47 - El Salvador
-38 - Portugal
-36 - Mali
-35 - France
-33 - Denmark

At least one team will improve its ranking:

Guam (177 - 178 in October 2012)

At least one team will return to its best ever ranking:


Timor-Leste (182 - 182 in December 2012)

At least four teams will drop to new lows:

Fiji (191 - 182 in June 2013)
Cambodia (198 - 192 in July 2012)
Seychelles (200 - 199 in July 2011)
Cook Islands (204 - 202 in April 2009)

June 2013 rank - Country - June 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1 Spain 1614 1224 1670
2 Germany 1416 1273 1273
3 Argentina 1287 1113 1341
4 Croatia 1222 1098 1251
5 Netherlands 1158 1141 1180
6 Portugal 1137 917 1099
7 Colombia 1123 1029 1305
8 Italy 1097 867 1406
9 England 1095 994 994
10 Ecuador 1066 887 1137
11 Russia 1059 979 1141
12 Belgium 1035 967 1079
13 Côte d'Ivoire 1022 867 998
14 Switzerland 1010 922 987
15 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1008 870 958
16 Greece 1006 958 1038
17 Mexico 928 762 1244
18 France 922 838 887
19 Uruguay 913 801 1313
20 Denmark 890 788 857
21 Ghana 887 736 831
22 Brazil 872 685 1100
23 Mali 869 745 833
24 Czech Republic 853 749 893
25 Chile 841 682 872
25 Montenegro 841 774 925
27 Sweden 830 733 842
28 USA 798 664 865
29 Norway 794 731 874
30 Peru 791 779 1019
31 Nigeria 785 676 1034
32 Japan 765 646 1118
33 Hungary 759 749 749
34 Romania 750 732 732
35 Algeria 737 625 726
36 Serbia 723 661 802
37 Venezuela 712 667 913
38 Albania 690 636 796
39 Ukraine 687 642 774
40 Korea Republic 666 540 737
41 Republic of Ireland 659 610 685
42 Tunisia 652 589 703
43 Panama 649 579 765
44 Paraguay 640 622 753
45 Wales 638 630 630
46 Bulgaria 628 596 596
47 Australia 619 566 671
48 Costa Rica 617 554 733
49 Jamaica 602 484 660
49 Zambia 602 521 574
51 Burkina Faso 594 570 656
52 Honduras 582 519 715
53 Bolivia 578 491 721
54 Turkey 573 573 573
55 Slovenia 568 530 634
56 Slovakia 565 530 567
57 New Zealand 551 582 582
58 Uzbekistan 550 516 643
59 Central African Republic 543 398 672
60 South Africa 542 498 599
61 Iceland 541 499 620
62 Israel 540 540 540
63 Haiti 538 509 588
64 Equatorial Guinea 523 464 833
65 Cameroon 517 488 666
65 Poland 517 480 521
67 Belarus 506 458 603
67 Iran 506 497 596
69 Libya 498 391 593
70 Sierra Leone 497 394 658
71 Egypt 491 429 543
72 Cape Verde Islands 486 464 620
73 Togo 483 444 576
74 Scotland 481 463 610
75 Jordan 472 451 547
76 Austria 469 451 595
77 Morocco 463 394 470
78 FYR Macedonia 460 395 438
79 Congo DR 454 371 561
80 Congo 452 354 641
81 Trinidad and Tobago 447 419 442
82 Gabon 444 364 516
83 Canada 443 413 413
84 Finland 442 404 604
85 Guinea 438 387 545
86 El Salvador 429 382 382
87 United Arab Emirates 424 432 432
88 Guatemala 410 384 430
89 Armenia 408 384 575
89 Estonia 408 393 431
91 Angola 406 337 482
91 Cuba 406 458 458
93 Uganda 401 370 466
94 Dominican Republic 396 396 396
95 China PR 393 339 408
96 Georgia 391 369 369
97 New Caledonia 371 377 377
98 Iraq 370 335 425
99 Senegal 366 321 591
100 Liberia 356 324 446
101 Oman 351 353 406
102 Zimbabwe 350 304 479
103 Mozambique 349 326 522
104 Qatar 338 289 359
105 Lithuania 330 321 493
106 Ethiopia 328 295 381
107 Niger 325 313 485
108 Saudi Arabia 323 315 315
109 Malawi 317 298 339
109 Tanzania 317 271 438
111 Kuwait 315 309 309
112 Tajikistan 312 309 309
113 Suriname 311 311 311
114 Korea DPR 309 292 334
115 Benin 308 225 667
116 Northern Ireland 304 307 307
117 Bahrain 292 280 287
118 Azerbaijan 291 284 325
119 Latvia 287 280 419
120 Namibia 281 192 373
121 Antigua and Barbuda 280 265 265
122 Cyprus 269 256 411
123 Kenya 268 249 295
124 Grenada 266 264 264
125 Burundi 256 273 273
126 Guyana 249 250 250
127 Botswana 245 225 352
128 Puerto Rico 241 241 241
129 Belize 239 227 270
130 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 238 238 238
131 Lebanon 233 246 299
132 Turkmenistan 232 232 232
133 Vietnam 231 182 182
134 Moldova 230 206 323
135 Rwanda 224 191 436
135 Sudan 224 203 397
137 St. Kitts and Nevis 218 218 218
138 Syria 215 205 205
138 Tahiti 215 147 843
140 Afghanistan 210 214 214
140 St. Lucia 210 210 210
142 Thailand 209 202 223
143 Kyrgyzstan 206 174 292
144 Philippines 203 203 203
145 Luxembourg 186 190 251
146 Kazakhstan 180 172 172
147 Hong Kong 178 173 173
147 India 178 178 178
149 Barbados 175 175 175
150 Aruba 163 163 163
151 Palestine 162 167 167
152 Bangladesh 161 166 166
153 Lesotho 156 133 399
154 Chad 152 134 134
155 Myanmar 149 129 129
156 Malta 148 144 236
157 Maldives 146 122 193
158 Liechtenstein 145 137 245
159 Malaysia 144 136 136
159 Sao Tome e Principe 144 120 120
161 Bermuda 139 139 139
162 Faroe Islands 138 81 437
162 Gambia 138 126 526
162 Nicaragua 138 138 138
165 Singapore 134 138 146
166 Solomon Islands 130 132 132
167 Dominica 124 124 124
168 Laos 118 87 97
168 Pakistan 118 114 114
170 Indonesia 116 112 161
171 Nepal 108 106 106
172 Sri Lanka 99 95 95
173 Yemen 96 96 96
174 Mauritania 94 94 94
175 Chinese Taipei 90 77 77
176 Bahamas 66 53 53
176 Montserrat 66 66 66
178 Curacao 65 65 65
178 Guam 65 70 70
178 Swaziland 65 60 153
181 Guinea-Bissau 62 58 58
182 Fiji 61 41 41
182 Mongolia 61 49 49
184 Madagascar 55 51 51
185 Brunei Darussalam 52 52 52
185 Mauritius 52 52 52
185 Timor-Leste 52 52 52
188 Samoa 46 46 46
189 Cambodia 45 20 20
190 Tonga 44 43 43
191 Vanuatu 43 43 43
192 Comoros 41 41 41
193 US Virgin Islands 39 46 46
194 Papua New Guinea 38 23 23
195 British Virgin Islands 34 34 34
196 Cayman Islands 33 33 33
197 American Samoa 30 30 30
198 Eritrea 24 24 24
199 Seychelles 22 19 19
200 South Sudan 20 20 20
201 Cook Islands 16 9 9
202 Macau 14 12 12
202 Somalia 14 14 14
204 Djibouti 11 11 11
205 Andorra 8 8 8
206 Anguilla 4 3 3
207 Bhutan 0 0 0
207 San Marino 0 0 0
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0

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3 comments:

  1. Belgium's guaranteed to rise again:

    Up to today, 13 teams can theoretically still end up in front of Belgium:
    - Spain, Germany, Argentina, Croatia & Netherlands: always in front of Belgium (5 teams)
    Portugal: when winning to Croatia (10/6)
    Colombia: when drawing/winning to Peru (11/6) (a loss means 1079 points, they'd have the same points of belgium)
    Italy: if they reach the semifinals of the Confederations cup OR manage to obtain 6 points or more
    Mexico: if they reach the semifinals
    Uruguay: if they reach the semifinals
    Brazil: if they win the Confederations cup AND all games
    Japan: if they win the Confederations cup AND all games

    Since Japan, Mexico, Italy & Brazil are in the same Confederations cup group, Belgium will be at least ahead of 2 teams of those and so be at least 11th.

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  2. Croatia basically ruined its ranking in the matter of three days. First Scotland beat us on Friday, and today Portugal in a completely unnecessary friendly match. Well done Stimac, well done HNS.

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    1. Ai nogomet, that's not good at all. Losing against Portugal can always happen (we dutchies can tell you that from 'countless' experiences), but this is indeed a dramatic weekend for Croatia. Not only zero points from this friendly, but in the predictions the away game at Serbia shifted to a draw. Which leads to a predicted 6th spot in October, right behind the Netherlands and in front of .... Belgium ! This deciding clash is becoming more important by the day.

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